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Australia to cut immigration intake by 15%
Date: 2019-03-20 15:54:02 GMT - Australia - World - SN:69 - ID:7857536
CANBERRA, March 20 (MENA) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided to cap permanent migration at 160,000 for the next four years because moving to a lower figure would have had a negative impact on next month’s budget. Morrison ....
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Two-minute silence on Friday to honor the dead in NZ
Date: 2019-03-20 09:45:09 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:31 - ID:7857053
WELLINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - A two-minute silence will be held on Friday to commemorate the one-week anniversary of last week's massacre, NZ Herald paper reported on Wednesday. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern made the announcement during a visit ....
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New Zealand PM urges students to join hands against extremism
Date: 2019-03-20 09:00:30 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:24 - ID:7856934
WELLINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gave a simple but strong message to Christchurch high school students who lost two of their schoolmates in Friday’s mosque shooting, the BBC reported. "Remember the victims, ....
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Taliban kill 6 paramilitary troops in southwestern Pakistan
Date: 2019-03-20 08:35:44 GMT - Pakistan - World - SN:19 - ID:7856844
ISLAMABAD, March 20 (MENA) - Pakistani authorities say militants overran a remote security outpost in southwestern Baluchistan province, killing six members of the paramilitary forces, Fox News reported. The Pakistani Taliban — known as ....
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30 of injured in New Zealand shooting attack still in hospital
Date: 2019-03-20 08:33:53 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:18 - ID:7856843
WELLINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - Thirty people are still in hospital and nine are in intensive care following the Christchurch terror attack, the Canterbury District Health Board (DHB) has confirmed. Representatives from Customs, Immigration New ....
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New Zealand PM: 'We need global action on extremism'
Date: 2019-03-20 08:31:16 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:17 - ID:7856863
WELLINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has called for global action on extremism in an exclusive BBC interview. Speaking to the BBC's Clive Myrie, she said she also 'utterly rejects' the idea that New Zealand had ....
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4 killed in Afghan operation against Taliban high-profile attack facilitators in Kabul
Date: 2019-03-20 08:22:05 GMT - Afghanistan - World - SN:16 - ID:7856846
KABUL, March 20 (MENA) - At least four Taliban militants were killed during an operation of the Afghan armed forces against the high-profile attack facilitators of the group in Kabul, Khaama Press news agency reported. Informed military sources ....
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S. Korean president meets US intelligence director
Date: 2019-03-20 08:20:20 GMT - south korea - World - SN:15 - ID:7856864
SEOUL, March 20 (MENA) - South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Wednesday met with US Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats for talks that likely focused on ways to bring North Korea back to the table for denuclearization talks, Yonhap news ....
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China firmly opposes proliferation of WMDs: envoy
Date: 2019-03-20 07:48:25 GMT - China - World - SN:12 - ID:7856774
BEIJING, March 20 (MENA) - A Chinese envoy said China is firmly opposed to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMDs) and their means of delivery, Xinhua reported. "China has consistently and strictly implemented its international ....
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Christchurch shootings: Father and son in first victims' funerals
Date: 2019-03-20 05:42:22 GMT - New Zealand - World - SN:1 - ID:7856674
WELLINGTON, March 20 (MENA) - A father and son from Syria have been buried in the first funerals for those killed in the New Zealand mosque shootings that left 50 people dead, the BBC reported Wednesday. Hundreds of mourners gathered at a ....
